MP3 Company Refuses to Pay Swedish Copyright Levy

praps writes "Swedish MP3 player manufacturer Jens is to be hauled before the courts for flatly refusing to pay a charge designed to compensate copyright owners whose music is copied to a different format for private use, reports news site The Local. Jens says the surcharge, administered by Copyswede, is unreasonable and that "it's not our problem that the record industry hasn't come up with its own solution". Apparently Apple doesn't pay it on their iPods either."

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Copied to a different format???

[somethingwicked]

compensate copyright owners whose music is copied to a different format for private use

Copied to a different format huh? So, I have to pay money to do this :

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Re:Copied to a different format???

[iphayd]

You forgot the bork! bork! bork! at the end.

Then it would be in proper sweedish.

God is angry

[black_meow]

I am just waiting to see God appear on my doorstep with a receipt book in his hand, taxing me for using my penis for other than what he though it should be for.

Re:International Legal summary?

[RandoX]

Here's a site with thousands of pro bono lawyers, each one intimately aware of every subtle nuance of international copyright law. They'll be glad to help.

Re:hypothetical question

[JadeNB]

If I buy a CD, and it becomes lost or damaged before I can make a copy, does it constitute a fair use for me to copy the same disc from my friend, or download the same songs to replace the ones that I paid for? Thoughts?

Two illegal activities in one post!

1. Inciting illegal music copying via hypothetical questions.
2. Inciting thought.

Re:Complete Bullshit

[FidelCatsro]

It all sounds like a music industry protection racket to me
(MIE : Music industry executive .. PrM :Product manufacturer)

MIE : Hello Mr Jackson , Nice product you have here

Prm : Yeah it is , is it not

MIE :Shame if something would happen to it .

PrM: What like ...

MIE: Well say some of your customers used it to break the law
*MIE pushes one on to the floor*

MIE:Whoops Accidents will happen Mr Jackson . So we are proposing a little levy to cover you incase anything bad happens

PrM : GET OUT!

MIE :I will , but think about what i said .. you wouldn't want anything to happen to that nice shiny sports car out there .Say if the Boys (Accidentally) had to take it in lieu of a fine for facilitating copyright infringement.

PrM : OK you'll get your money

Re:International Legal summary?

[Kadin2048]

Yes! And I hear they're all fully vested members of the InternAtional New Arts League (IANAL), an association for experts on the legal ramifications of emerging new technologies.

Isn't it wonderful to have access to a resource like this?